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The '''White House Director of Speechwriting''' is a role within the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States]]. The officeholder serves as senior advisor and chief speechwriter to the [[president of the United States]]. They are also responsible for managing the Office of Speechwriting within the Office of Communications.<ref>{{cite web |title=Department Descriptions |url=https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/internship/dept.html |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |publisher=[[Clinton Presidential Center]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What They Learned in the White House: A Conversation with the Chief Speechwriters for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama |url=https://ragantraining.com/video/what-they-learned-white-house-conversation-chief-speechwriters-president-barack-obama-and |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |publisher=Ragan Training}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 23, 2019 |title=Translating Presidential Ideas into Words: Speechwriters in the White House |url=https://millercenter.org/prezfest2019/prezfest-videos/whitehouse-speechwriters |first=Anna Katherine |last=Clay |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |publisher=[[Miller Center of Public Affairs]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Office of Speechwriting |url=https://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/collections/show/29 |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |publisher=[[Clinton Presidential Center]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rogers |first=Katie |date=February 3, 2020 |title=The State of the Union Is Trump's Biggest Speech. Who Writes It? |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/us/politics/trump-state-of-the-union.html |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
The '''White House Director of Speechwriting''' is a role within the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States]]. The officeholder serves as senior advisor and chief speechwriter to the [[president of the United States]]. They are also responsible for managing the Office of Speechwriting within the Office of Communications.<ref>{{cite web |title=Department Descriptions |url=https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/internship/dept.html |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |publisher=[[Clinton Presidential Center]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What They Learned in the White House: A Conversation with the Chief Speechwriters for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama |url=https://ragantraining.com/video/what-they-learned-white-house-conversation-chief-speechwriters-president-barack-obama-and |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |publisher=Ragan Training}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 23, 2019 |title=Translating Presidential Ideas into Words: Speechwriters in the White House |url=https://millercenter.org/prezfest2019/prezfest-videos/whitehouse-speechwriters |first=Anna Katherine |last=Clay |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |publisher=[[Miller Center of Public Affairs]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Office of Speechwriting |url=https://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/collections/show/29 |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |publisher=[[Clinton Presidential Center]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rogers |first=Katie |date=February 3, 2020 |title=The State of the Union Is Trump's Biggest Speech. Who Writes It? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/us/politics/trump-state-of-the-union.html |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


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|{{sortname|Ray|Price|dab=speechwriter}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=February 14, 2019 |title=Raymond K. Price Jr., 88, a Key Nixon Speechwriter, Is Dead |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/obituaries/raymond-k-price-jr-dead.html |accessdate=November 18, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/07/archives/4-on-writing-staff-promoted-by-nixon-the-washington-starnews.html |title=4 on Writing Staff Promoted by Nixon |date=February 6, 1973 |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/02/archives/president-appoints-macgregor-congressional-affairs-counsel.html |title=President Appoints MacGregor Congressional Affairs Counsel |date=December 2, 1970 |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}</ref>
|{{sortname|Ray|Price|dab=speechwriter}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=February 14, 2019 |title=Raymond K. Price Jr., 88, a Key Nixon Speechwriter, Is Dead |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/obituaries/raymond-k-price-jr-dead.html |accessdate=November 18, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/07/archives/4-on-writing-staff-promoted-by-nixon-the-washington-starnews.html |title=4 on Writing Staff Promoted by Nixon |date=February 6, 1973 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/02/archives/president-appoints-macgregor-congressional-affairs-counsel.html |title=President Appoints MacGregor Congressional Affairs Counsel |date=December 2, 1970 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}</ref>
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|{{nowrap|{{sortname|David|Gergen}}}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/guides/findingaid/gergendfiles.asp |title=David R. Gergen Files, 1974–77 |publisher=[[Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library]] |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/finding-aids/david-r-gergen-white-house-special-files-staff-member-and-office-files |title=David R. Gergen (White House Special Files: Staff Member and Office Files) |publisher=[[Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum]] |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/31/magazine/david-gergen-master-of-the-game.html |title=David Gergen, Master of the Game |date=October 31, 1993 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |first=Michael |last=Kelly |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}</ref>
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|{{sortname|Jim|Fallows|James Fallows}}<ref>{{cite web |date=November 25, 1978 |title=White House Appoints New Chief Speechwriter |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/25/archives/white-house-appoints-new-chief-speechwriter.html |accessdate=November 18, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|{{sortname|Jim|Fallows|James Fallows}}<ref>{{cite web |date=November 25, 1978 |title=White House Appoints New Chief Speechwriter |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/25/archives/white-house-appoints-new-chief-speechwriter.html |accessdate=November 18, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|{{sortname|Bernie|Aronson|Bernard W. Aronson}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/25/archives/white-house-appoints-new-chief-speechwriter.html |title=White House Appoints New Chief Speechwriter |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 25, 1978 |accessdate=July 19, 2021}}</ref>
|{{sortname|Bernie|Aronson|Bernard W. Aronson}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/25/archives/white-house-appoints-new-chief-speechwriter.html |title=White House Appoints New Chief Speechwriter |work=The New York Times |date=November 25, 1978 |accessdate=July 19, 2021}}</ref>
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|{{sortname|Ben|Elliott|Ben T. Elliott}}<br>(Director)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-bently-t-elliott-deputy-assistant-the-president-and-director-speechwriting |title=Appointment of Bently T. Elliott as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting |accessdate=July 19, 2021 |date=October 19, 1983 |publisher=[[University of California, Santa Barbara]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/10/us/reagan-s-speechwriter-says-he-was-dismissed-in-dispute.html |title=Reagan's Speechwriter Says He Was Dismissed in Dispute |accessdate=July 20, 2021 |date=June 10, 1986 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
|{{sortname|Ben|Elliott|Ben T. Elliott}}<br>(Director)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-bently-t-elliott-deputy-assistant-the-president-and-director-speechwriting |title=Appointment of Bently T. Elliott as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting |accessdate=July 19, 2021 |date=October 19, 1983 |publisher=[[University of California, Santa Barbara]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/10/us/reagan-s-speechwriter-says-he-was-dismissed-in-dispute.html |title=Reagan's Speechwriter Says He Was Dismissed in Dispute |accessdate=July 20, 2021 |date=June 10, 1986 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
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Revision as of 00:00, 22 December 2024

White House Director of Speechwriting
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Incumbent
Vinay Reddy
since January 20, 2021
Executive Office of the President
White House Office
AppointerPresident of the United States

The White House Director of Speechwriting is a role within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The officeholder serves as senior advisor and chief speechwriter to the president of the United States. They are also responsible for managing the Office of Speechwriting within the Office of Communications.[1][2][3][4][5]

List

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Image Name Start End President
File:No image.svg Stephen Harmelin[6] 1964 1965 Lyndon Johnson
File:McPherson DLA Piper.jpg Harry McPherson October 26, 1967 January 20, 1969
File:No image.svg Jim Keogh[7][8] January 20, 1969 December 31, 1970 Richard Nixon
File:No image.svg Ray Price[9][10][11] December 31, 1970 February 6, 1973
File:Portraits of Assistants to President Ronald Reagan (cropped7).jpg David Gergen[12][13][14] February 6, 1973 August 9, 1974
File:Robert T. Hartmann.png Bob Hartmann[15] August 9, 1974 January 20, 1977 Gerald Ford
File:James Fallows - NARA - 178392.tif Jim Fallows[16] January 20, 1977 November 24, 1978 Jimmy Carter
File:Bernard Aronson in 2016.jpg Bernie Aronson[17] November 24, 1978 January 20, 1981
File:Ken Khachigian (cropped).jpg Ken Khachigian
(Chief Speechwriter)[18]
January 20, 1981 May 3, 1981 Ronald Reagan
File:President Ronald Reagan with Tony Dolan (cropped).jpg Tony Dolan
(Chief Speechwriter)[19]
May 3, 1981
Acting: May 3, 1981 – November 17, 1981
January 20, 1989
File:Aram Bakshian 1981.jpg Aram Bakshian
(Director)[20]
November 17, 1981 October 19, 1983
File:No image.svg Ben Elliott
(Director)[21][22]
October 19, 1983 June 6, 1986
File:No image.svg Chriss Winston January 20, 1989 February 19, 1991 George H. W. Bush
File:Tony Snow -- White House.jpg Tony Snow[23][24] February 19, 1991 January 20, 1993
File:No image.svg David Kusnet[25] January 20, 1993 March 9, 1994 Bill Clinton
File:No image.svg Don Baer[26] March 9, 1994 August 14, 1995
File:No image.svg Michael Waldman[27] December 22, 1995 August 9, 1999
File:No image.svg Terry Edmonds[28] August 9, 1999 January 20, 2001
File:Michael Gerson.jpg Mike Gerson[29] January 20, 2001 June 14, 2006 George W. Bush
File:William McGurn 1.jpg Bill McGurn[30] June 14, 2006 December 14, 2007
File:Marc Thiessen in 2007.jpg Marc Thiessen December 14, 2007 January 20, 2009
File:Jon Favreau (Crooked Media) @ SXSW 2017 (33547023995) (cropped).jpg Jon Favreau January 20, 2009 March 1, 2013 Barack Obama
File:Cody Keenan.jpg Cody Keenan March 1, 2013 January 20, 2017
File:Stephen miller june 2016 cropped corrected.jpg Stephen Miller January 20, 2017 January 20, 2021 Donald Trump
File:Vinay Reddy, EOP.png Vinay Reddy January 20, 2021 present Joe Biden

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  2. "What They Learned in the White House: A Conversation with the Chief Speechwriters for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama". Ragan Training. https://ragantraining.com/video/what-they-learned-white-house-conversation-chief-speechwriters-president-barack-obama-and. Retrieved November 17, 2020. 
  3. Clay, Anna Katherine (May 23, 2019). "Translating Presidential Ideas into Words: Speechwriters in the White House" (in en-US). Miller Center of Public Affairs. https://millercenter.org/prezfest2019/prezfest-videos/whitehouse-speechwriters. Retrieved November 17, 2020. 
  4. "Office of Speechwriting". Clinton Presidential Center. https://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/collections/show/29. Retrieved November 17, 2020. 
  5. Rogers, Katie (February 3, 2020). "The State of the Union Is Trump's Biggest Speech. Who Writes It?" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/us/politics/trump-state-of-the-union.html. Retrieved November 17, 2020. 
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  7. "James Keogh, 89; Nixon Speechwriter, Former Time Editor" (in en-US). The Los Angeles Times. May 15, 2006. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-may-15-me-passings15.2-story.html. Retrieved November 18, 2020. 
  8. Nizon, Richard (December 16, 1970). "Letter to James Keogh Accepting His Resignation as Special Assistant to the President" (in en-US). University of California, Santa Barbara. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/letter-james-keogh-accepting-his-resignation-special-assistant-the-president. Retrieved July 20, 2021. 
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  11. "President Appoints MacGregor Congressional Affairs Counsel" (in en-US). The New York Times. December 2, 1970. https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/02/archives/president-appoints-macgregor-congressional-affairs-counsel.html. Retrieved July 20, 2021. 
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  13. "David R. Gergen (White House Special Files: Staff Member and Office Files)". Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/finding-aids/david-r-gergen-white-house-special-files-staff-member-and-office-files. Retrieved July 20, 2021. 
  14. Kelly, Michael (October 31, 1993). "David Gergen, Master of the Game" (in en-US). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/31/magazine/david-gergen-master-of-the-game.html. Retrieved July 20, 2021. 
  15. "Interviews: All" (in en-US). National Archives and Records Administration. October 25, 2010. https://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/research/transition-interviews/staff.html. Retrieved November 18, 2020. 
  16. "White House Appoints New Chief Speechwriter" (in en-US). The New York Times. November 25, 1978. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/25/archives/white-house-appoints-new-chief-speechwriter.html. Retrieved November 18, 2020. 
  17. "White House Appoints New Chief Speechwriter". The New York Times. November 25, 1978. https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/25/archives/white-house-appoints-new-chief-speechwriter.html. Retrieved July 19, 2021. 
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  19. "Appointment of Anthony R. Dolan as Special Assistant to the President and Chief Speechwriter". University of California, Santa Barbara. November 17, 1981. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-anthony-r-dolan-special-assistant-the-president-and-chief-speechwriter. Retrieved July 19, 2021. 
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  21. "Appointment of Bently T. Elliott as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting". University of California, Santa Barbara. October 19, 1983. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-bently-t-elliott-deputy-assistant-the-president-and-director-speechwriting. Retrieved July 19, 2021. 
  22. "Reagan's Speechwriter Says He Was Dismissed in Dispute". The New York Times. June 10, 1986. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/10/us/reagan-s-speechwriter-says-he-was-dismissed-in-dispute.html. Retrieved July 20, 2021. 
  23. "Appointment of Robert A. Snow as Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications and Director of Speechwriting". George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. February 19, 1991. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-robert-snow-deputy-assistant-the-president-for-communications-and-director. Retrieved July 19, 2021. 
  24. "Appointment of Robert Anthony Snow as Deputy Assistant to the President for Media Affairs". George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. January 20, 1992. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-robert-anthony-snow-deputy-assistant-the-president-for-media-affairs. Retrieved July 19, 2021. 
  25. "David Kusnet" (in en-us). The American Prospect. https://prospect.org/topics/david-kusnet. Retrieved November 17, 2020. 
  26. "Appointment of Deputy Assistant to the President for Speechwriting and Research". University of California, Santa Barbara. March 9, 1994. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-deputy-assistant-the-president-for-speechwriting-and-research. Retrieved July 19, 2021. 
  27. "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1995, Book II)". Government Publishing Office. December 22, 1995. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PPP-1995-book2/html/PPP-1995-book2-app-pg1939.htm. Retrieved July 19, 2021. 
  28. Harris, John F. (August 9, 1999). "Cheryl Mills Rejects Clinton Offer to Become White House Counsel". The New York Times. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/08/09/cheryl-mills-rejects-clinton-offer-to-become-white-house-counsel/021912d7-d41a-40e0-829a-42a5016e8d59/. Retrieved July 19, 2021. 
  29. Burkeman, Oliver (June 15, 2006). "Bush Speechwriter Resigns". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jun/15/usa.oliverburkeman. Retrieved July 19, 2021. 
  30. "Statement on the Resignation of William McGurn and the Appointment of Marc Thiessen as Assistant to the President for Speechwriting". University of California, Santa Barbara. December 14, 2007. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-resignation-william-mcgurn-and-the-appointment-marc-thiessen-assistant-the. Retrieved July 19, 2021.